[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

Sun Nov 27 19:28:21 EST 2011

Hi Jack,  :)

Long time no see.  Yep, now that I got the preselector re-synchronized 
(concerning transmit vs receive [I should have left it alone, rather 
than "tweaking" it]), I'm back on 10m AM with my Yaesu FT-301SD, with 
its great sounding collector modulation (the solid state equivalent of 
plate modulation).  I've also dabbled once in a blue moon, when I'm in a 
rush, with my Kenwood TS-2000X (when I don't feel like hooking things up 
to the Yaesu).  I'd use the Viking II on 10m, but the Yaesu does 30 
watts of carrier (which is plenty most of the time on 10m), and is much 
more frequency agile.  I like high band AM.  I wish more people would do it.

Yep, you don't need much, when 10 is open.  Kudos for working Rome with 
your 3 watts of carrier.  10 will  surprise you doing QRP.  I operated 
semi-casually in the CQ CW WWDX contest this weekend, and my biggest 
thrill was working Namibia (V51YL), working a few JAs, and tons of 
Europeans, with no more than 4.5 watts of CW power.  It just takes a 
little patience.  I'm not a purist about QRP.  If condx. aren't there, 
and I want to make the QSO, I will turn up the power.

And yes, one of the reasons I post so seldom on the AM list, is it gets 
nasty so often.

73,
Ellen - AF9J

P.S. - sorry I was a grouch

On 11/27/2011 12:42 PM, Jack Dayton wrote:
> Wow, This is just great...Ellen you shouldn't have to copy anything that offends you No...
> But as this is supposed to be the AM Reflector it has now become the attack Timmy Reflector
> My thanks once again goes to Pete what a guy....you schmuck....you created this you bum..
>
>
> Ellen have you taken in some 10 meter am work..?..I hope so,... I worked Rome Italy on my
>
> Johnson Messenger I and he was 5x9...clean copy...I hope to copy your signal sometime..:-)
>
> Have a Nice Sunday Afternoon Kid..
>
> 73
> Jack
> KA3ZLR
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Ellen Rugowski<ellengtrgrl at dslextreme.com>
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>
> Sorry Jack, but I beg to differ,
>
> To me, and a lot of people, it sounds like juvenile toilet behavior.  I
> like AM, but one of the biggest beefs I have, is all the venom I've
> gotten (and Mark, K3MSB has also gotten), for being a contester, or
> doing "slopbucket," while it's OK for make an effort, to fart, belch,
> etc. on the air.  It's OK, for for guys like Tim, to talk about how they
> got so stoned on a great bag of weed back in the 70s (hearing that QSO
> on 3885 a couple of years ago, raised my eyebrows and them some).  It
> seems hypocritical in a way.  AMers are supposed to be classy, not
> trashy.  Other than the Saturday morning AM traders net on 3885, it
> makes me want to keep to 160, or the high bands for AM.  Don't you want
> to make a good impression on noobs?
>
> With one of her rare posts,
> Ellen-AF9J
>
>
> On 11/27/2011 5:51 AM, Jack Dayton wrote:
>> Well done Ed,
>>
>> Nothing like a coupla good belches and a good fucking to round out a qso
>> at the AM Bar and Grill..... :-)
>>
>> 73
>> JACK
>> KA3ZLR
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>     From: Ed Sieb<esieb at sympatico.ca>
>> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 2:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>>
>> Back in 1996 or so, I recorded Tim with his SBE. It can  be  heard here:
>> http://amfone.net/index.php?ind=media&op=file_view&iden=226
>>
>> During the recording, I switched over to FM, and didn't notice any difference. This occurs
>> about 1:51 minutes or so.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Ed, VA3ES
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Kevin Raper wrote:
>> A friend said he heard me in Iowa on mine, but I sounded better when he listened in the FM
>> Mode rather than the AM Mode. LOL
>>
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